Eros - NEAR

Close-up of Eros

This image of asteroid 433 Eros was taken by NEAR Shoemaker from orbit on 6 August 2000 from an
altitude of 49 kilometers. It is near sunset at this point on the asteroid, the oblique
illumination exaggerates the surface features. A number of large boulders can be seen on the
surface, the brightest to the upper right of the crater at the bottom of the image is about
30 meters across. The frame is about 2.2 km across.
(NEAR Eros 0140941905)Larger image: 56 K